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Seamus:
GCSE online curriculum, KS3 to follow shortly
http://lordsilkin.co.uk/ICT
Aim is to put every lesson online
BBC MPEG’s very good resources – network licence (H&S, impact of ICT on…), including ppt and worksheets to support

Ian Marshall:
National Certificate (OCR) – not promoting TTS
Only 4 schools doing it last year as their main ICT course at KS4
Originally a worked based qualification
All coursework
Only level 2 at present
It is now accredited

Peter James:
Highlighted the use of the Teachernet ICT support packs http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/supportpack/
Use of drop down boxes in word

John Cooper:
E-portfolio for KS3 students – consistent for all year groups
Addressing file management issue
Key elements include the planning and self assessment
Use of the non-work pages for developing web design etc
Within the OLE JC has re-grouped GCSE past papers and uploaded via question types

Tim Curtis:
http://createasurvey.com
Sign up free for a month, all year 9 students designed their own survey, created it online and then shared it with other students to answer
Postcards to send out to parents for students who achieve well (£50 for 300) – school stickers

Gareth Roberts:
http://surverymonkey.com – free as long as you don’t want more than 10 questions

Richard Smith:
http://del.icio.us – social bookmarking, Richard’s del.icio.us page can be found here
http://digg.com

Steve Compton:
KS3 on-screen test overview of process to date
Plasc file needs to be converted from 2006 format to 2005 format – toolkit available on the APS to convert this
Packages might take a long time to deploy over the network

Richard Faragher:
http://webrevolution.co.uk/web2 - shows a variety of web 2.0 based software
http://www.box.net – free 1Gb of online storage
http://gliffy.com – online drawing package
http://handsonsupport.wordpress.com – Telford HOS blog